Need Help from someone who can give opinion on my spec....feel free to recommend any parts that need to be adjust.....my budget is.... trying to minimize it below $1000....where can i buy these parts cheaper :?: ?

Need Help from someone who can give opinion on my spec....feel free to recommend any parts that need to be adjust.....my budget is.... trying to minimize it below $1000....where can i buy these parts cheaper :?: ?

RAIDMAX makes garbage PSUs- don't even think about using the included case PSU. Look at Antec, FCP, Seasonic, etc.

Like Prozac said downgrade to the E6300 and overclock. Upgrade to 2GB of RAM, and get at least a 7600GT.

As mentioned before, the PSU has to go. It's available for $22 AMR as a stand-alone. Garbage. If you are in love with the way the case looks, then buy a replacement PSU and throw away the one that comes with the case. Otherwise, an Antec case with a Truepower PSU OR pick another case w/o a PSU and look as FSP/Fortron for great value.I'm confused about your other component selections.Not knowing your intended use for this box makes it hard to recommend a more balanced system for you.The $270 high-end mobo suggests you want to overclock.The $120 videocard suggests you don't game much.Help us help you.

A 6600 with a crap PSU is a waste, no offense. A 6300 will do just fine. And the extra L2 cache won't make that much real world difference. 6600 CPU on a $1000 is way too much. Cheap out on the hard drive if you have to (get a small one) and sink that $$ into a better PSU. And get a much cheaper mobo, that one's overkill. DS3/S3 is just fine...espcially since you're getting 667 RAM and not 800.....if you wanna 6600 and OC then you'll need 800 RAM, which totally blows your budget.

Ive read that you dont want to change the CPU and wanna stay with Asus so ill work with that. 4MB over 2MB cache gives you only a minimal boost in real world performance but oh well, my recommendations:

You can try shopping at other places beside Newegg. Might want to check out www.directron.com since they're usually cheaper than Newegg. Shop around would help reduce price quite a bit.

Might want to consider an Asrock board, even though it has a VIA chipset it is pretty cheap. There is also the 641 Dollar C2D system you can take a look at and up some parts.

Core 2 Duo is pretty much stable, doubt you'll save much more on the CPU. Casewise/psuwise, I would suggest the Antec Sonata 2 since it comes with a decent 450W psu, whole thing is only around 100 bucks which isin't too bad a deal.

P5B-E is also a decent board, $150 but it will save you money compared to the P5W-DH and not lose much performance. You should be able to buy all this come Decemember also. I agree with everyone and go to a e6300, e6400 if you really want, since the extra 2 mb of cache will net minimal performance gain. Everything else isin't too bad, with the money you save, up the graphics card a bit also.

p5b-e plus??maybe its far too expensive....plan to buy in this december....core 2 quad is coming right...should i take it?or....will the core 2 duo price be cut??

my mind really 'blur' thinking these things....dont know what the best should i do....

It should be priced the same as the DS3. But the P5B-E will cut it cos mild OCing. Gigabyte DS3 (or S3 P965 if you dont plan on keeping the mobo for longer than 5 years) will be a much better OCer for the price.

C2Q will be extremely highly priced, <E6700.

Leave it there for now, do some more research and post again in a month of so.

yea i just bought a system with a 1000 budget and came away extemly happyonly spending a lil more than 750 for it....im also ordering a gigabyte aurora case and a gigabyte galaxy II watercooling kit...and thats barly over 1000...

Need Help from someone who can give opinion on my spec....feel free to recommend any parts that need to be adjust.....my budget is.... trying to minimize it below $1000....where can i buy these parts cheaper :?: ?

Digitimes is reporting that Intel's top-of-the-line Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad core CPU will sell for $999 in 1000 unit lots when they launch next month. Supposedly the quad core Q6600 set for January release will retail for $851.

This leaves you with a buck (gotta buck, your in luck - go buy a cheeseburger at McDonalds) if you want the QX6700 or $149 if you wait until January for the Q6600.

You asked for help to keep your budget down under a grand and when someone gives you advice you just slam them. If you don't want advice, don't ask for it.

And btw, are you so dense to even suggest waiting for a Quad-Core when your budget is $1000.